Xbox Live Gold Members Can Play Forza Motorsport 5 Free This Weekend on Xbox One

As we gear up for the launch of Forza Horizon 2 on Sept. 30, we’re excited to announce that all Xbox Live Gold members can enjoy Forza Motorsport 5 for free this entire upcoming weekend. Beginning at 12:01 a.m. PDT, Thursday, Sept. 4 through 11:59 p.m. PDT, Sunday, Sept. 7, Gold members in Xbox One markets can play the newest entry in the highest-rated racing franchise* of the past decade, Forza Motorsport 5, in entirety and for free.

Bought an X1 on Saturday and just got Forza Motorsport 5 yesterday. If a launch game is already this awesome, i cant wait to see what future Forza Motorsport entries will be like. Fantastic game with the best A.I (Drivertar) i have ever seen in a racing game.

You my friend sound SALTY! as hell lol. Microsoft is a software company, that is their strength. Sony makes spectacular hardware products, that is their strength. Stop trolling, and just respect the fact that Microsoft is a SOFTWARE GIANT. This is a department SONY can't compete in, just compare Smartglass App to the PLAYSTATION App. Smartglass trumps the PLAYSTATION app in every way. I'm going to compare both apps soon, and make a YouTube video. The PLAYSTATION app is child's play, when compared to the smartglass app.

Lol, I like how you forgot to mention a features like external HDD support and MP3/video playback.. Features that are still at the top of many PS4 owners wish lists..

I also find if funny how much Sony fanboys like yourself are hyping Shareplay.. Judging from the implementation planned for Far Cry 4, it is just a glorified way to let your friends demo the game.. Sure it's co-op but it's limited to one hour.. You're hyped about letting your friend play a game for one hour but you bash EA Access for giving subscribers 6 hours of early access of full games, unlimited access to a growing Vault of full games, and now you bash the idea of giving players four full days worth of access to a full AAA title like Forza Motorsport 5 (and we can only assume that other games will follow), yet streaming one hour of gameplay from a friend's PS4 has you excited?.. C'mon dude.. Tell me, how does SharePlay stack up to the Family Share feature that was originally planned for the Xbox One (and is surely coming back) that lets you give full games to up to 10 of your friends?.. That one hour of streaming still sound so amazing when I can play unlimited amounts of time on a game that I have downloaded to my HDD that I got from a friend's Xbox One?.. I don't need to stream a game with potential latency and only play it for an hour at a time with my friend if we both own the full game thanks to family share.. Please quit drinking the Kool-Aid sir..

Take the fanboy goggles off for a minute an realize that finally getting custom themes that are still "coming this fall" do not match the monthly updates we've already been seeing for the Xbox One all this year..

The PS4 has certainly kicked the Xbox One's butt in a number of ways so far, but software updates and additional features is NOT one of those areas bud..

This is actually pretty awesome. Good on Microsoft, but I hear the grinding is so intense that you'd never scratch the surface in a weekend. Great advertising pitch, I'll say.

Given the timing, I'm guessing this is a way to steer people towards Horizon 2. With Drive Club right around the corner, this is probably a good competitive move. Thrifty consumer ultimatum: give away F5 for a weekend, then get on board FH2 or get a scaled down version of Drive Club as long as you have PS+?

I know, two very different racing titles, but it's still a great way to get people to your platform for your racing game needs.

"but I hear the grinding is so intense that you'd never scratch the surface in a weekend."

It's not bad actually. I played it for a few hours last week, just about to reach driver level 70. Anyhow, when you're away from the game your drivatar is still racing for you. Which earns you credits/money while you aren't even physically playing the game. Those credits/money can be used to purchase Experience boosters for a duration. Which helps you level up quicker. Every time I play Forza, it's for a certain amount of time. So I always just use the experience boosters when I play.